Watermelon Wine Spritzer

 

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Cook's Note: I was watching Valerie Bertinell's new show on the Cooking Channel and saw her make watermelon smoothies for her kids & I had the great idea to cruise Pinterest and see how I could make a watermelon drink for adults! I stumbled upon a few different recipes and I decided to combine a few together and make them my own (as I always do!) I love playing around with recipes and this one is a keeper.

 

If you love watermelon, you will LOVE this drink on a hot day (or any day that you need an adult beverage!)

 

What You Will Need:

A good BLENDER (like a Ninja or a Bullet)

6 Cups of Seedless Watermelon Chunks

1 Can of Frozen Limeade (slightly thawed to thawed)

1 cup of Ice

Mint Springs (use as many as you like to throw in! I threw in about 10 or 12)

 

Sparkling Water

White Wine of your Choice (I used Chardonnay. This drink is already sweet, so a sweet wine will make it too sweet, I think!)

Directions:

In your blender, throw in Watermelon chunks, Limeade, Ice and Mint Springs and blend away until the consistency of a smoothie.  

 

Now, get out your glasses that you want to serve this in! Fill each glass half way with a little sparkling water and a little white wine and top the rest off with the Watermelon mixture.

 

Garnish with Mint Springs or Watermelon Chunks or Slices on the side.

 

** YOU AN ALWAYS OMIT THE WINE and just make this a sparkling drink, using only the sparkling water. ***

 

Serves 4-6

 

 

 ENJOY!

 

Fruity Red Wine Spritzer

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Cooks Note: There was not a recipe linked to this Pin. It said red wine, sprite and strawberries. Another one I saw mentioned pears as well. So I took it upon myself to do whatever I wanted. As you can see, I didn't use pears, I used an orange instead and I used red wine sangria instead of plain red wine, so mine was really fruity, which was great. I had 6 ladies over for dinner and we drained it, it was awesome, but warning, you don't FEEL like you are drinking alcohol because it is that tasty. Enjoy!

Ingredients (my version):

• Large  1.5 liter bottle of Red Wine Sangria (I used Cruz Garcia Real Sangria)
• Approximately 8 strawberries diced
• 1 medium navel orange in small slices
• 1 Liter of Sprite (or less for more alcohol flavor)

Directions:

1. Diced strawberries and slice orange, place in your pitcher

2. Pour bottle of wine or sangria into pitcher over the fruit

3. Add Sprite and mix

4. cover top and refrigerate until ready to serve. ( I would not do this more then a few hours before you need it or your fruit will start to fall apart.)

Garnish each glass with mint, or an orange slice on the rim to make it extra pretty!